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LEGISLATURE^
- House oe '1)blegaV:es, M.\s;Yr,-ANi).
Saturday. Dec. 12,
The house met. Present as on yesterday.
?b.e proceedin'gs.of yesterday were read,
" The supplement to the act. authorising a
^_<'t»eiJy for raising a sum of money for the
^ar-ector and vestry of.Samt.ThocmiVs parish,
-^B.\\ Baltimore comity, was sent to the senate.
A petition from Salomon Allen, of Bal-
timore county, praying an act of insolvency,
—was preferred, read, a-id referred.
Ordered, That the bill f..'r tie extension
of Pratt strTt. in the city mpanied by a bill, entitled
an act for the relief • f Maty Gwinn, ul
Frederick county, desiring a reconsiderati-
on of the amendments made by the senate.
We assure 7011 (fiat the Senate did not act
on the bill without due deliberation, theie-
• fore decline receding therefrom.
Which was read.
Also the hill authorising Alexis Boone,
late sheriff of Prince George's counlyr to
complete Vis collection, endorsed, " will
piss with the proposed amendment;" which
amentirent was read.
Mr. Holbrook delivered a bill, entitled.
An act to build a bridge, and op'.n a road
in Caroline county ; which was read.
Mr. Harryman d lived a bill, entitled
An act authorising a lottery to raise a sum
of money for the vestry of Saint-John's pa-
rish, in Hat ford and Baltimore counties ¦
¦which was read.
The bill to (pen and make a public road
to Graceharn, in Frederick county, was read
the second time, passed, and sent to the se-
nate.
¦ A petition from George P. Hinckle, of
Alle.-asiy county, stating, that he purchas-
ed a tract of land f Thomas Beali, of Sa-
Bl'tel; surveyed for him .by virtue of a war-
rant obtained by John Swan, but no patent
can issue, as the said Sv an denies having
. made any assignment of said warrant, and
praying relief, and a petition from William
Kerr, of Baltimore county, praying an act
of insolvency were preferred read, and re-
ferred •
Ordered, That the report on the memori-
al of Jeremiah T. Chase be recommitted for
amendment.
Mr. W. H. P.ro .n delivered a favoura-
ble report on the report of the trustees of
Charlottee T fi 11 school ; >*hich was read.
A pchtion from Martha Gandy, of Fre-
dctiok cr'unly, praying a divorce, and a pe-
tition from sundry inhabitants of Denton,
in (Caroline eounty,. praying additional pow-
ei^ 11 the c nunissioiiers thereof, and that
the money arising from licenses to retailers
may be applied to the benefit of said village,
• w>»s 1 referred, read, and refered.
' Mr. ShaafT delivers the report on the me-
morial of Jeiemhh T. Chase, as amended ;
¦which was. read.
Ordered, That the sam.e have a second
reading on Friday next.
The house adjourns till Monday morning.
Monday, December 14.
The house met. Present-, as on Saturday,
except the speaker.
The,house proceeded to ballot for a sp a-
ker protem. and upon examining the ballot
jt appeared; that Levin Winder, Esq. was
unammou.ly elected.
The.proceedings of Saturday were read.
A petiti n from vVilljam Rose, James
Booker and Philemon Willis, praying to be
released assecurities ot William S.- Bond for
the purchase f land by him from the state,
on then re'inquishing their title thereto
was P'.e'er #~. read and referred.
The bill tit the benefit of James Griffin
wa read the second time, passed and sent to
the senate-
The bill to prevent swine from going at
at large in the tow n of Bell-Air, in Har-
ford county, was read the second time, and
the question put, that the same be recommit-
ed ? Resolved in the affirmative.
A petition from the convention of the
prplestant episcopal church in Maryland,
praying they may be- vested with cprporaie
powers, a petition from the same, praying
the legislature may adopt some measure to
prevent gambling, and a memorial from Ni-
chlas Brewer, register in charcery, stating
that the room occupied for his office, is too
Small and praying that another in the west
corner of the state-house may be finished
for the said office, were preferred, read, and
refered.
The clerk of t'lg senate delivers a memori-
al from bishop Ulagett and others,, the con-
voiron of the protestant episcopal church
in Maryland suggesting the impropriety of
g:amingdivoices ; which was read. The
bill for the benefit of the joined Evange-
lic Lutheran and Evangelic Presbyterian
congregation ot St. Pauls church, in Wash-
ington county, tie bill to authorise the draw-
ing ol a lottery within the city ot Baltimore
for the purpose therein mentioned, the sup-
plement to the act authorising a lottery for
ra sing a sum of money lor the rector and
vestry of Su Thomas's parish, in Baltimore
County, the bill to confirm certain deeds of
conveyance made to Joseph Leonard, and
other persons therein named, and the bill to
enlarge the powers of the trustees of the
poor of Montgomery, county severally en-
dorsed -'. will pass." ordered to be engrossed.
The bill authorising a lotteryTpr raising a
sum of money for the purpo es therein men-
tioned, endorsed, " will not pass." And
the resolution in fav.- o li"le day, from 11 A.
M. tilt past 11. P. M. was occupied on the
bill, when it passeii vvhh amendments, yeas
82, nays 44, as follows :
YK AS.—Messrs L.J. lston, W. Alston,
. Bard, Barker, Bassett, iil.,ke, Bloui t;
Boyle, Brown, Bttrwell, Hurler, Calhoun, G.
VV, i
1 her colonies ; to the number of whish sha".
] is adding by new conquests.
FRANCE will feel it in the loss of ail
those colonial luxuries, which she has bi-
j therto received through our neutral com-
| nierce; and her colonies will at once be cut
! off from the Kile of their productions, and
j the source of their supplies.
SPAIN will feel it, more perhaps than.
' any, in the failure of imported food, not
i making enough within herself, and in her
I oopulous an important colonies which de-
| pend wholly on us for the supply of their
i daily wants.
i It is a happy censideration also attending
i this measure that although it will have these
effects, salutary it may be hoped, on the
policy of the great contending nations, it
atrorJs neither of them the slightest gronnd
for complaint. The embargo violates the
rights of none. Its object is to secure cur-
selves. It is a measure of precaution, not of
aggression. It is resorted to by a!) nations,
when their great interests require it. s-1! •>£
them-have made us on different occi^ssii.
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